Where does “multistrandedness” come from?
multistrandedness (English) comes from English multistranded, from English multi, from English multituberculate, from English tuberculate, from Latin tuberculatus, from Latin tūberculum, from Latin tūber, from Proto-Italic tūβos — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
multistrandedness (English): The quality of being multistranded
Definitions
- The quality of being multistranded
Ancestry of “multistrandedness”, step by step
multistrandedness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English multistranded
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | multistranded | Composed of multiple strands |
| 2 | English | multi | A multituberculate; Neolamprologus multifasciatus |
| 3 | English | multituberculate | Having molars with multiple rows of cusps; Any of... |
| 4 | English | tuberculate | Having tubercles; Tubercular |
| 5 | Latin | tuberculatus | warty, tuberculate |
| 6 | Latin | tūberculum | a small swelling, bump, or protuberance; a boil, pimple, tubercle |
| 7 | Latin | tūber | a hump, bump, swelling, protuberance; excrescence |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | tūβos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |
via English Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |